lingual

Etymology

Borrowing from Medieval Latin linguālis, from lingua (“the tongue; a language, speech”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to lingua + -al. Doublet of lingualis.

adj

  1. (anatomy, dentistry, relational) Related to, near, or on the side toward the tongue.
    1. (phonetics) Articulated with the tongue.
  2. (linguistics, relational) Related to language or linguistics.

noun

  1. (phonetics) A sound articulated with the tongue.

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